Chris Young homered on the game's first pitch, Livan Hernandez wriggled out of several serious jams and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Saturday night to complete a three-game sweep of their NL Division Series.

San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers, sitting in his suite at Petco Park, looked down onto the field and marveled at the sight. The game of baseball, the way it was designed in its sheer and untainted form, is back at least in San Diego. "It was sad to see what was going on before," Towers says. "It was pretty obvious what was happening. But now we're back to the way baseball was meant to be played."

It's nearly midnight in the desert. The San Diego Padres' clubhouse has been empty for two hours, but Kevin Towers and Bruce Bochy once again are last to leave. They're in no hurry. Towers, the Padres' general manager, sits with Bochy in his visiting manager's office at Chase Field.

Padres Chairman John Moores is very clear about his feelings for the late Ken Caminiti. "I dearly loved him," Moores says. The team will honor Caminiti's memory before Thursday's game against the Dodgers in a ceremony that Moores says is for the benefit of his former player's daughters.